Twin Cities Arab Film Festival 2023

Queens & The Shadow of the Butterflies

Expired October 2, 2023 5:00 AM
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Zineb is a convicted drug dealer nearing the end of her prison sentence. When the authorities threaten to place her misbehaving daughter Ines in a child protection center, Zineb breaks out of jail, collects the girl, hijacks a truck, and takes to the road. Asma, a young mechanic who happens to be a passenger in the truck, and is forced to act as a driver for Zineb and Ines. The trio embark on a long escape that takes them across the rugged red terrain and flower-filled valleys of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains to finally reach the Atlantic ocean.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    83 minutes
  • Language
    Arabic
  • Country
    Morocco, France
  • Subtitle Language
    English
  • Director
    Yasmine Benkiran
  • Screenwriter
    Yasmine Benkiran
  • Producer
    Jean des Forêts, Amélie Jacquis
  • Filmmaker
    Yasmine Benkiran
  • Cast
    Nisrin Erradi, Nisrine Benchara, Rayhan Guaran
  • Cinematographer
    Pierre Aïm
  • Editor
    Julie Lena, Florence Bresson, Stéphan Couturier
  • Production Design
    Julia Irribarria
  • Sound Design
    Benoît De Clerck, Ranko Paukovic
  • Music
    Jozef Van Wissem